“Remain scrupulously bipartisan while dealing with terror cases”

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday stressed the need to put in place institutional mechanisms to ensure the safety and security of women and children.

Referring to the rape and murder of a girl here in December last, he said it not only brought into sharp focus the issue of women’s safety but also the rising expectations of people from the police to prevent such crimes.

“We have recently enacted several laws providing stringent punishment for such crimes and more sensitive treatment of victims during investigation and trial,’’ he told top police officers of the country. He asked the State police chiefs to show leadership in ensuring women’s safety and in preventing crimes against women.

The Prime Minister’s comments at the concluding session of the three-day annual conference of the Directors-General of Police (DGPs), organised by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), come amid the raging controversy involving Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal over his alleged sexual assault of a woman journalist working for the magazine.

Turning to challenges posed to internal security by terrorism, Dr. Singh sounded a note of caution, asking the police forces to remain “scrupulously non-partisan’’ while dealing with terror cases so that “our people do not lose faith in the professionalism of investigative agencies and the secular nature of country's polity.’’

We appreciate the development-oriented policies of UPA Govt.
Thanx to our PM Shri Manmohan Singhas for taking well planned initiatives to curb crime in every possible way.
Women safety is an important issue for our country and the way our govt. is working towards it is very positive.

from:
Shreeja Ramanathan

Posted on: Nov 25, 2013 at 17:55 IST

singh is doing just the lip service as most of the men do for controlling the voilence against women.

If he can ensure swift punishment within 3 months or so after the complain, ploblem will see much imporovement. Also the administration must publicise the punishment and pass stricter laws against police who did not act - like firing them from their job at least.

from:
g m patra

Posted on: Nov 24, 2013 at 00:07 IST

The only mechanisms existing are the mechanisms found in religions, the mechanisms of morality, of perceiving women as mothers and sisters and daughters, of respecting their role in society.All this is not being practiced.Failing to restrain the spread of pornography across the Internet is one big folly of the government and will worsen the situation.There has to be a clear national policy against pornography then one can expect things to turn around.Currently there is none that is effective.

from:
San Jose

Posted on: Nov 23, 2013 at 18:40 IST

Oh my God! our PM has realized now after being PM for 9-1/2 years that mechanisms needed for safety of women.

from:
Indian

Posted on: Nov 23, 2013 at 17:31 IST

The Prime Minister is right! Threat to Peopleâs Democracy from the anti-democratic elements is biggest one. It is highly regrettable that the elections to the Worldâs Biggest Democracy have to be held with the largest police forces with imported-modern-weapons; even the total amount of the election expenditure for the political groups, with corporate commitment, have gone up from lakh of rupees in 1960s, and crores in 1990s, to billions in the Foreign Disinvestment (FDI) era in India. Hitherto unaddressed socio-economic issues, especially the poverty, exploitation and the sufferings of the toiling masses and other marginalized-communities, have started manifesting as various forces in resisting the fraudulent democratic practices of the political dynasties for daughters and son-in-laws. Even after a shift in the electoral device of the Indian democracy, from the ballot paper-box to the Electronic Voting machines (EVMS), the only choice the people have is to elect the family members of the Indian Bourgeoisie, and witness their coronation in the name of Democracy.